Buy Threshold
The Buy American Act applies to all U.S. federal government agency purchases of goods (articles, materials, or supplies) valued over the U.S. micro-purchase threshold (currently set at US$10,000). When purchased by federal entities for public use, the Act requires that these goods be produced in the U.S.
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Purchase cards make it easy for you to buy the things you need for your agency. All Schedule contractors are required to accept the government purchase card for purchases up to the micro-purchase threshold and encouraged to do so for purchases over it.
Pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 2021, c. 412, which authorized the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property to increase the delegated purchasing authority to using agencies for goods and services, after consulting with the Governor, the Treasurer exercised the statutory authority pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:34-7 to adjust the bid thresholds for awarding a contract without advertising as noted below. Accordingly, all covered purchases and contracts, which exceed these established thresholds, must be achieved through open competitive bidding.
2Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-3 and Local Finance Notice 2011-15, the bid threshold, for entities without a Qualified Purchasing Agent, under the Local Public Contracts Law was set at $17,500 and is not subject to the Governor's adjustment. Additionally pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-3(a) "the governing body of any contracting unit may adopt an ordinance or resolution to set a lower threshold for the receipt of public bids or the solicitation of competitive quotes."
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The Purchasing and Contracting Advisory Council established thresholds that trigger formal bidding procedures in the areas of Materiel and Non-Professional Services, Public Works, and Professional Services. State agencies are only required to use the formal bidding procedures when a purchase is made in an amount that exceeds the threshold limit.
In the case of Materiel and Non-Professional Services, the dollar amount identified by the Purchasing and Advisory Council is a yearly cumulative limit. The dollar amount identified for Public Works and Professional Services are on a contract by contract basis, for which contracts shall not be fragmented to avoid reaching the dollar amount, and annual thresholds do not apply.
The Buy American Act (BAA) (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305) was passed in 1933 and restricts the purchase of supplies that are not domestic end products. It applies to all U.S. federal government agency purchases of goods valued over the purchase threshold but does not apply to services. Under the Act, all goods for public use (articles, materials, or supplies) must be produced in the U.S., and manufactured items must be manufactured in the U.S. from U.S. materials. Contracts awarded by State and local authorities under Federal grant programs are not covered by the act unless authorizing statutes explicitly provide for the application of the act.
On March 7, 2022, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council promulgated a final rule aimed at increasing federal government preferences for goods and construction materials that are domestically manufactured and increasing the required domestic content threshold for purchases governed by the Buy American Act.
For orders under the MPT, currently set at $10,000, authorized buying agencies can purchase directly from the contractor without adhering to the more formal competitive processes. A government purchase under $20,000 can be executed in a quick phone, email, or through GSA Advantage!. When a contract reaches or exceeds the MPT threshold, the authorized buying agency must abide by streamlined acquisition procedures. For more detail on ordering procedure language, you can check out Subpart 13.2 - Actions at or Below the Micro-Purchase Threshold.
Although these terms are essential to understand if you're a government contractor, we know the stipulations and changes that come with them can be hard to follow. It's important you keep up with the MPT and SAT in case the government decides to alter the thresholds in the future.
As some of you know, in December 2017, Congress, as part of P.L. 115-91, included a provision that allows Agencies to increase purchase card thresholds up to $10,000 for most purchases of supplies and services. Given this statutory change, I have raised the purchase card threshold from $3,500 to $10,000, effective immediately.
Probably the biggest unknown of the experiment was (and still is as of this writing) whether we could plan to transfer the project from one contractor to another as each story was completed and the next story was competed, possibly to be won by a new contractor. Competition is a key acquisition consideration so it is not an option to just designate one contractor to be the recipient of multiple, serial micro-purchase threshold procurements. We knew that we would have source code that could be transferable to subsequent development teams after the initial contractor team finished, but would we be able to transfer the intangibles required with a project transition? More on that later!
The procurement process we utilized was built on the efforts of our colleagues in the federal government within GSA, the Veterans Administration (VA), as well as the United States Digital Service (USDS). At the GSA, teams from 18F, including those at login.gov and cloud.gov, provided the initial foundation of work. At the VA, an example of what others outside GSA had performed was found, and serving as the bulk of the model itself. From USDS, VA and GSA received inspiration. The way we utilized the micro-purchase threshold (MPT) is truly a result of shared best practices across the federal government as a whole.
The Purchasing Office is pleased to announce the updated competitive requirements as they relate to the purchase of goods and services. The state of North Carolina has modified legislation related to procurement activities for the first time since 1979. As a result, effective March 1, 2022, the North Carolina Administrative Code for procurement increased the small-dollar purchase threshold to $25,000. This means that purchases of goods and services up to that dollar amount that are not available on a State Term Contract may be completed without seeking competition.
While not required, departments are still encouraged to seek quotes for small dollar purchases to ensure prices are fair, reasonable and making the most efficient use of available funds. Competition is now required once the total cost exceeds the $25,000 threshold. The Purchasing Office will continue to assist departments with this endeavor by coordinating the documentation required by the state to substantiate competition that was sought for these purchases. The Purchasing Office will conduct an informal solicitation process using the state-mandated Request for Quote document for goods and services purchases that are in excess of $25,000 but do not exceed $100,000. The formal solicitation process using either a sealed Invitation for Bid or Request for Proposal process will be utilized for purchases that are expected to exceed $100,000.
We are excited about the new competition requirements released by the state and look forward to working with campus departments using the new dollar thresholds that are much more aligned to the current business marketplace.
The purpose of this notice is to notify the extramural research community that on June 20, 2018, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum raising the threshold for micro-purchases under Federal financial assistance awards to $10,000, and the threshold for simplified acquisitions to $250,000 for all recipients. Further, the memo implements an approval process for certain institutions that wish to request micro-purchase thresholds higher than $10,000. These updates are being made in accordance with statutory changes set forth in the National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA) for Fiscal Years 2017 (PL 114-328) and 2018 (PL 115-91).
As directed by OMB, NIH is updating its policy to reflect the new thresholds. This change is effective immediately for all NIH recipients. If purchases were made using the higher thresholds prior to this notice, NIH will support the charges in accordance with the OMB memo.
The final rule now further increases the domestic content threshold from 55 percent to 60 percent effective October 25, 2022, while also requiring further increases to 65 percent in 2024 and 75 percent in 2029. In contrast to the proposed rule, which envisioned an immediate increase in the domestic content threshold, the final rule provides a short grace period to allow industry a limited window to prepare for the increased domestic content threshold.
These thresholds are the minimum number of vendors that are required to solicit. There are instances where soliciting additional vendors would be beneficial. Vendors to be solicited must hold a relevant Cooperative Contract.
*Note - The following thresholds only apply for State Agencies and do not apply to other customer types, such as local governments, K-12, Higher Ed, Out of State, or other volunteer customers. Find out more about your agency's Customer Eligibility.
13. Are Federal Government purchase card holders exempt from the mandatory source requirements of the AbilityOne Program for products? What if the purchase is at or below the micro-purchase threshold?
This post provides background information for units of local government in North Carolina interested in self-certifying micro-purchase thresholds above $10,000, and contains a link to a sample resolution that a governing board may use to self-certify such higher thresholds. 041b061a72
